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seeks a special status with the united states on a trade basis, colombia standing up to the gauche chavez, we deny him that special status. that i think is a mistake. when he goes before the united nations and speaks for the first time and chastises israel in front of the united nations but has nothing to say about the palestinian group hamas launching 7000 rockets in israel, that is a mistake and of course the decision to withdraw our support for missile defense from poland and the czech republic web those great friends to be very concerned about america's willingness to stand with them. at the same time, perhaps designed to re-sever relations. we got nothing for it from russia so i'm afraid the steps that he took have confused our friends, made our foes if you will continue headlong and in some cases to a course not helpful to the world. you have both iran pursuing its nuclear following headlong in north korea of course did nuclear test even as the president was speaking, carried out various tests. this is, in my opinion, an indication that they thought the president was not going to be
seeks a special status with the united states on a trade basis, colombia standing up to the gauche chavez, we deny him that special status. that i think is a mistake. when he goes before the united nations and speaks for the first time and chastises israel in front of the united nations but has nothing to say about the palestinian group hamas launching 7000 rockets in israel, that is a mistake and of course the decision to withdraw our support for missile defense from poland and the czech...
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. >> host: now the idea of the petro state with the rise in hugo chavez and the oil industry there and fidel castro and cuba and that got me thinking there is a lot of controversy right now especially after the gulf oil spill last year. >> that is an interesting chained how risky but getting into the offshore we'll game of fact the stability if at all? is there a reason to be s concerned as we were? >> cuba is very close to florida so certainly concerns about environmental safety and security but of course, for decades thought of i do carbon dollars but oil has been very key as well that plays a role the soviet union used to play. but my expectation would be the company start drilling and put aside the politics that her complicated enough. >> also on page 109 with this conversation of hours to the events happening today so state is day capital-intensive industry with projects in welfare and in tammet. am pushing open resources do drilling in as a job creator? that is it. i question? >> guest: that sentence applied -- applies to the population that doesn't have other skills a very large
. >> host: now the idea of the petro state with the rise in hugo chavez and the oil industry there and fidel castro and cuba and that got me thinking there is a lot of controversy right now especially after the gulf oil spill last year. >> that is an interesting chained how risky but getting into the offshore we'll game of fact the stability if at all? is there a reason to be s concerned as we were? >> cuba is very close to florida so certainly concerns about environmental...
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cesar chavez is speaking at st. joseph. the shipwrecked church on 10th street and we really need someone to help do security for him. now, i alwayssk audnces if you were asked to perform curity for cesar chavez would anybody say no? of course he said yes. so he's down there on 10th street and he's there for about an hour and all of a sud then is a guy who just two days earlier had an end for ufw cesar chavez comes up and says i really want to thank you for henls -- helping us out. i really appreciate it. gary suddenly had a life plan. he started from that point on working full-timeor the ufw at $5 a week plus room and board. he then went to work for hotel workers along with a number of other ufw folks i got to know. he then wen k the workor sciu. he's been a labor organizers -- organizer for the last 30 plus years. unlikely that would have been his future. we don't know where would have gone. think about the experience. he was recruit so intently ven the unlt opportunity to meet cza chave and change his life direction. i me
cesar chavez is speaking at st. joseph. the shipwrecked church on 10th street and we really need someone to help do security for him. now, i alwayssk audnces if you were asked to perform curity for cesar chavez would anybody say no? of course he said yes. so he's down there on 10th street and he's there for about an hour and all of a sud then is a guy who just two days earlier had an end for ufw cesar chavez comes up and says i really want to thank you for henls -- helping us out. i really...
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. >> host: autun you state the idea of the petrostate and of venezuela and the whites of hugo chavez and his nationalization of the oil industry and the mengin chavez and fidel castro in cuba, and i got me thinking because there is a lot of controversy right now about plans to drill offshore especially after the gulf oil spill that we had last year. >> guest: it's a very interesting change -- >> host: to explain my logic here, how does cuba get into the offshore oil game, how does that affect the stability if at all and is there a reason for us to be as concerned as we are post this event? >> guest: it's very close to florida and some of the waters in the cuban waters would be very close to florida, and so certainly concern about just basically environmental safety and security and how it would be managed in cuba. of course for decades it was thought that cuba might have the resources going back to the late 1950's actually, but now oil has been very key to the relationship between venezuela and cuba because venezuela has sort of stepped in and play a role the soviet union used to pla
. >> host: autun you state the idea of the petrostate and of venezuela and the whites of hugo chavez and his nationalization of the oil industry and the mengin chavez and fidel castro in cuba, and i got me thinking because there is a lot of controversy right now about plans to drill offshore especially after the gulf oil spill that we had last year. >> guest: it's a very interesting change -- >> host: to explain my logic here, how does cuba get into the offshore oil game, how...
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was to me -- how important he was to me at how important cesar chavez was to me. part of the problem, and we're not going to rehash the first four years of barack obama, but part of the debate was i remember my first meeting with him in march of 2009. he met with the hispanic congressional caucus right after the election and we said mr president, you are going to be judged in four years by latinos. we believe primarily not so much on how many foreclosures you stop, all of that will be important. how you have increased the progress, job opportunities, because remember we were hemorrhaging jobs. we told him all that, but we said in the end, it's going to be how you treat the weakest among us, the most vulnerable among us, our emigrants. and i'm so proud to have been a member of a group of people that said that because it was pretty prophetic. think he did not see us within the context of the civil rights movement. he sought may be of a labor dispute or a thing of the need workers here and this company workers there and we just need to balance it out and figure out h
was to me -- how important he was to me at how important cesar chavez was to me. part of the problem, and we're not going to rehash the first four years of barack obama, but part of the debate was i remember my first meeting with him in march of 2009. he met with the hispanic congressional caucus right after the election and we said mr president, you are going to be judged in four years by latinos. we believe primarily not so much on how many foreclosures you stop, all of that will be...
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to get what he says iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad and lugo chavez out of the oval office. so bush thought, hey i am going to reduce our demand to make us less reliant but nowadays members of this very same party the republican party, are drumming the supply-side. we need to drill more at home, and open up anwr. >> guest: certainly, bush was saying that too. basically, there are two characters here. one is named supply and when his name demand and they're the ones who add up in terms of outcome but it is interesting because bush made that comment not in a state of the union address. that is what he said privately but it tells you there was a geopolitical context to all of this to reduce particularly during that time, the very tight oil market to reduce the influence of these two characters among others on not only the oil market but on -- >> host: is energy independence even possible because i think, why i'm asking, i'm asking is for the lay people out there. daniel yergin premier energy expert, preface energy day in and day out. i mean is that a total pipe dream when we he
to get what he says iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad and lugo chavez out of the oval office. so bush thought, hey i am going to reduce our demand to make us less reliant but nowadays members of this very same party the republican party, are drumming the supply-side. we need to drill more at home, and open up anwr. >> guest: certainly, bush was saying that too. basically, there are two characters here. one is named supply and when his name demand and they're the ones who add up in...
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and she mentioned chavez, fidel castro in cuba. and that got me thinking because there's a lot of controversy right now about plans by cuba to drill offshore, especially after the gulf oil spill that we had last year. >> guest: such a very interesting chain of -- >> host: i'm trying to explain my logic. how does a cuba getting into the offshore oil game, how does that affect the stability of energy? if at all. and is there a reason for us to be as concerned as we are, post this event in the u.s. gulf? >> guest: cube is very close to florida and some other waters, the cubans water -- cuban waters it would be going in would be close to florida. so certainly concerned about basically environmental safety and security and how it is managed in cuba. of course, for decades it was thought cuba might have hydrocarbon resources going back to the late 1950s actually. but not his turn to drill in those waters and oil is very key to the relationship between venezuela and cuba because venezuela has sort of stepped and play the role of the sovie
and she mentioned chavez, fidel castro in cuba. and that got me thinking because there's a lot of controversy right now about plans by cuba to drill offshore, especially after the gulf oil spill that we had last year. >> guest: such a very interesting chain of -- >> host: i'm trying to explain my logic. how does a cuba getting into the offshore oil game, how does that affect the stability of energy? if at all. and is there a reason for us to be as concerned as we are, post this...
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you know, he had that kind of scary amazon book moment with hugo chavez and didn't wanted to be in his book club, looked like, you know? but it is a bit overwhelming, there is so much going on. i can't remember any first hundred days when there was such a beg agenda of things to do. you know? so, you know, i don't know how he's handling it. i think michelle is up set that she has to take care of that dog, though, i don't think he's too happy about that and i want to see what will happen with the mother-in-law living with them, that is the untold story, you are the president the most important man of -- in the world and you have your mother-in-law living with you, good move! >> host: boca raton, florida. >> caller: i want to say you are a funny man, as a vanilla man talking to a chocolate man i enjoy watching you. >> guest: thank you, appreciate it. >> caller: seriously, now, what do you think the position or status of a jesse jackson right now? compared to what we -- of the election of mr. obama's present -- as president, do you think jesse jackson is envious of him, angry about him or
you know, he had that kind of scary amazon book moment with hugo chavez and didn't wanted to be in his book club, looked like, you know? but it is a bit overwhelming, there is so much going on. i can't remember any first hundred days when there was such a beg agenda of things to do. you know? so, you know, i don't know how he's handling it. i think michelle is up set that she has to take care of that dog, though, i don't think he's too happy about that and i want to see what will happen with...
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of a president one time is enough, because you do have the potential for what we see in places like chavez and so forth. i would say our system from that standpoint is correct, but i think we don't want third terms. thank you. any other questions? >> yes. there's a question over there. >> with all the studies you have done on the characteristics, is there a person or a couple of people that today, well, not romney and not obama that you think would have those characteristics to lead the country to the issues that face us today? >> and who want to be president? [laughter] that is needed. i think -- the office is strange, requirement of people. and i did have a section in the paper, and i deleted it specifically because it's on the second term. but whether or not business is a credential for office, and i reviewed the fact that george washington really of all the presidents was probably more into business than any of the other second term presidents. lincoln represented his clients in business and was very effective, but he himself didn't manage his own affairs very we well. and, of course,
of a president one time is enough, because you do have the potential for what we see in places like chavez and so forth. i would say our system from that standpoint is correct, but i think we don't want third terms. thank you. any other questions? >> yes. there's a question over there. >> with all the studies you have done on the characteristics, is there a person or a couple of people that today, well, not romney and not obama that you think would have those characteristics to lead...
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i think that shop chavez maduro regime has driven venezuela into the ground economically. it's a great tragedy for the people of venezuela. i think within the regime itself, the leadership is fractured. i think it's like a bunch of scorpions in the bottle. they each look at each other. they don't trust each other. so the present situation is unsustainable. in the meantime we will continue the economic pressure, over 50 governments around the world recognize the maduro regime as illegitimate, recognize juan guaidÓ is legitimate and present. i think ultimately the popular in venezuela is going to become. >> but the scorpions also realize it's best to support each other and -- >> i don't think the scorpions are in charge. i think the cubans are in charge. the 25,000 cubans in venezuela disappeared, if we could wave a magic wand, maduro would be gone by with that. >> let's go to our poll question if we could. before we get to questions and answers. compared to previous years i believe the u.s. is now more secure air nationally, less secure, no change. while waiting for the re
i think that shop chavez maduro regime has driven venezuela into the ground economically. it's a great tragedy for the people of venezuela. i think within the regime itself, the leadership is fractured. i think it's like a bunch of scorpions in the bottle. they each look at each other. they don't trust each other. so the present situation is unsustainable. in the meantime we will continue the economic pressure, over 50 governments around the world recognize the maduro regime as illegitimate,...
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king and cesar chavez and i never stopped hearing the call for justice and the call for public service, and this is where it has brought me to the u.s. congress. >> what offices have you held and what from those experiences -- what do you think those -- how do those experiences help you here in washington, dc? >> so my first public and civic engagement activity includes getting involved in my local community to fix up a rundown movie theater, to build new schools in the neighborhood, to create support systems for new immigrants who were coming to the community, and that put me on a pathway where i've had the privilege of being a city councilman in chicago, a chicago alderman, among one of the first latinos, mexican americans elected to the city council. elected and re-elected three times and had the great f. to be send to illinois state senate as illinois' first mexican american state senator. i had a chance to break in and teach the ropes of the senate to a fellow that you may have heard of, barack obama, when he arrived in the illinois senate so you never know what encounters you'll
king and cesar chavez and i never stopped hearing the call for justice and the call for public service, and this is where it has brought me to the u.s. congress. >> what offices have you held and what from those experiences -- what do you think those -- how do those experiences help you here in washington, dc? >> so my first public and civic engagement activity includes getting involved in my local community to fix up a rundown movie theater, to build new schools in the...
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and his nationalization of the oil industry there, and you mentioned chavez and the connection to fidel castro in cuba, and that got me thinking because there's a lot of controversy now about planning with cuba drilling offshore, especially after the gulf oil spill that we had last year. how -- >> guest: that's an interesting chain of events. >> host: i'm trying to explain my logic here. how does cuba getting into the offshore oil game -- how does that affect the stability of energy, if at all, and is there a reason for us to be as concerned as we are post this event in the u.s. gulf? >> guest: i think the thing is cuba's very close to florida, and some of the cuban waters they drill in is close to florida, and so certainly concern about just basically environmental safety and security and how it's managed in cuba. of course, for decades, it was thought that cuba might have hydrocarbon resources going back to the late 1950s actually, but now starting to drill in the waters, and oil has been very key to the relationship between venezuela and cuba because veeps way la stepped in that play
and his nationalization of the oil industry there, and you mentioned chavez and the connection to fidel castro in cuba, and that got me thinking because there's a lot of controversy now about planning with cuba drilling offshore, especially after the gulf oil spill that we had last year. how -- >> guest: that's an interesting chain of events. >> host: i'm trying to explain my logic here. how does cuba getting into the offshore oil game -- how does that affect the stability of...
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and to get what he said iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad and hugo chavez out of the oil office. so bush thought hey, i'm going to reduce our demand but what's interesting about that is nowadays it seems members of the very same party, the republican party, are just dreamt the supply-side. more supply, drill more at home. open up and war. >> guest: bush was saying that, too. he was basically, there are two characters your. one being supply, when the debate in their the ones who add up in terms of outcome. there's interesting because bush made that comment not in a state of union address. that's what you have said privately but it tells you there was a geopolitical context to all of this to reduce, particularly during that time, the very tight oil market to reduce the influence of these two characters, among others, on, not only on the oil market, but world affairs. >> host: can we drill our way out of energy independence? is it even possible because why i'm asking, i'm asking this for the lay people out there, that these debates, premier energy experts, is that a total pipe dream
and to get what he said iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad and hugo chavez out of the oil office. so bush thought hey, i'm going to reduce our demand but what's interesting about that is nowadays it seems members of the very same party, the republican party, are just dreamt the supply-side. more supply, drill more at home. open up and war. >> guest: bush was saying that, too. he was basically, there are two characters your. one being supply, when the debate in their the ones who add up...
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europe is that chavez, but finding ways to shame or claw back from facebook, which as we learned it took a model and has over a data than all of that, but declined funding is the first step, but there's no silver bullet. >> i find it interesting because those are often stated concerns and they are not unimportant concerns, but we're talking about that at the same time we talk about proliferation out there in the breakdown of the old structure. i'll tell you i don't know the answer and i'm not going to claim i do, but i do know one thing i'm worried about when the government decides it will start regulating the news and say what is valid and what isn't. >> i didn't say that. >> there is a move on as you know for government to play a role with fake news and regulation. >> just last week the french president announced the freedom of the press is so important in the next day he asked the government was set up a bureau to make sure the freedom of press is used the way they want it to be used. whatever the problem, whatever the chaos, whatever the abuses, the one thing you can say about people
europe is that chavez, but finding ways to shame or claw back from facebook, which as we learned it took a model and has over a data than all of that, but declined funding is the first step, but there's no silver bullet. >> i find it interesting because those are often stated concerns and they are not unimportant concerns, but we're talking about that at the same time we talk about proliferation out there in the breakdown of the old structure. i'll tell you i don't know the answer and i'm...
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hugo chavez has every let's talk voting machine report to a central location where you can have real potential for stealing an election. >> i think systemic fraud is different from a malfunction, and i think there have been numerous cases of malfunction. machines breaking down, people not being able to vote, having to bring in new machines. and i would certainly argue that those instances are conceivably on par with the number of voter fraud incidents is that you talk about in your book. >> that is just not wrong. you point out to me cases where that has happened. i don't know who you're talking it -- what you're talking about. the whole point of up to scan equipment is that you have an audit trail. if someone claims, there is some kind of problem with this offer that is used to count the ballots because the way that works is paper ballots are scanned. the software total. if they're is a problem you have a paper ballot as a backup. you can always count. you can compare that to the software that is used to scan it. >> but not all states use paperback out. >> no. some states use electr
hugo chavez has every let's talk voting machine report to a central location where you can have real potential for stealing an election. >> i think systemic fraud is different from a malfunction, and i think there have been numerous cases of malfunction. machines breaking down, people not being able to vote, having to bring in new machines. and i would certainly argue that those instances are conceivably on par with the number of voter fraud incidents is that you talk about in your book....
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socialism just happens to coincide with stalin, london, mao come ho chi minh, chavez all of these characters is a bad luck they ran into all of these authoritarian often genocidal murderous people or something that the system itself that brings the out and it's probably the latter. north korea is an interesting example because it's the most total socialist system left in the world. but there are a lot of aspects i can't really quite say that the north korean socialist philosophy that have parallels in western thought and the liberals and conservatives and particularly the oligarchy being antitrade, anticountry that produces the things you need this autraky. >> host: why don't you define that? >> guest: i will talk to you as the idea of radical economic independence producing and consuming your own goods. that's big in north korea obviously but it's also big among people who say we are going to get america up of this addiction to foreign oil or we are going to, you know, not have a trade deficit with china anymore, and that sort of thing. and the thinking is almost always destructive because
socialism just happens to coincide with stalin, london, mao come ho chi minh, chavez all of these characters is a bad luck they ran into all of these authoritarian often genocidal murderous people or something that the system itself that brings the out and it's probably the latter. north korea is an interesting example because it's the most total socialist system left in the world. but there are a lot of aspects i can't really quite say that the north korean socialist philosophy that have...
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we don't want a hugo chavez here. that is the reason we moved from our countries. it is a two u. to make sure these people know we are christians. we are conservatives. they think the tea party is anti-immigration and the tea party is this and that rate you all know that is propaganda because believe me they want you to make sure you keep doing what you are doing. they don't want you to educate hispanics. the last thing they want is what's going on right now. we are hearing this message across the country in english and in spanish for the first time in any political campaign in american history. [applause] there is one more thing because i think i'm getting close to the 10 minutes. i asked my wife to tell me one minute before. i don't know where my wife is now. i have almost two minutes now. thank you, thank you so much. i want a couple more numbers because it's important to know. i don't know how it is in south carolina and florida there are 4 million hispanics. it's amazing that but that is the way it is. about every hour 50 hispanics reach the voting age. every hour. now even
we don't want a hugo chavez here. that is the reason we moved from our countries. it is a two u. to make sure these people know we are christians. we are conservatives. they think the tea party is anti-immigration and the tea party is this and that rate you all know that is propaganda because believe me they want you to make sure you keep doing what you are doing. they don't want you to educate hispanics. the last thing they want is what's going on right now. we are hearing this message across...
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but in the meantime, completely marginalized and within the chavez administration. disney want to talk to them anymore because he had gone public and broken with the administration. at the same time, mike mansfield, at the same sort of reservations. he kept his concerns quiet, was very supportive publicly and yet he also didn't help a whole of impact on the debate. so i think the senator faced kind of an acute dilemma about what to do, whether he should stay quiet remake his concerns now in quiet talks or go public. i talked to them in the course of this book many times about his views than he felt that he would have more and by taking a quiet approach. it's certainly a legitimate point of view. there are people who disagree in yankee could've gone and should have gone in a different direction. one of the best airfares i had was chuck hagel, former senator from nebraska who was a huge lugar fan. he believed the senator made a huge and important mistake in not forcing the issue. he said he was very clear the administration was not going to respond to private treaties
but in the meantime, completely marginalized and within the chavez administration. disney want to talk to them anymore because he had gone public and broken with the administration. at the same time, mike mansfield, at the same sort of reservations. he kept his concerns quiet, was very supportive publicly and yet he also didn't help a whole of impact on the debate. so i think the senator faced kind of an acute dilemma about what to do, whether he should stay quiet remake his concerns now in...
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let's start with chavez, who may be the most clear example of this. >> cesar chavez saved everything. he was very aware of his own place in history inch 1967 he made an arrangement to donate all of the -- to preserve ask donate all of the papers of the united farmworkers and everything related to historyings to a labor library detroit michigan, where are there thousands of box 0 documents and also of tapes hem tape-recorded much of the deliberations in the important momentness conferences in the united farmworkers from late '6s so into the early 80s. if estimated i spent 1500 hours listening to tapes. that's conserve. tive. so he lift this rich record and that makes him a fascinating subject for me because he was both creating his own mythology and then preserving the history because he really understood, i think, that ultimately -- he was self-taught. he left school after eighth grade but was an avid reader and he read biographies as important important historical figures and flood his place in -- understood his place in history. and to show how much that was true he was -- in 1969 f
let's start with chavez, who may be the most clear example of this. >> cesar chavez saved everything. he was very aware of his own place in history inch 1967 he made an arrangement to donate all of the -- to preserve ask donate all of the papers of the united farmworkers and everything related to historyings to a labor library detroit michigan, where are there thousands of box 0 documents and also of tapes hem tape-recorded much of the deliberations in the important momentness conferences...
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miriam, you talk about chavez in almost saintlike terms. because at the time when he was farm workers union. i mean it didn't have to be just in california. i remember doing to meetings within the chicago. and all over the country. and he was liized all over the world in the great strike and so forth. tell us something about who caesar chavez and his friends. he was not alone in the campaign that he launched in favor of the farm workers. >> my book is untold story of different kind. it is more recent history. i had the advantage of being able to still talk to many of the people who lived through it. i am a journal isby training, unlike my two panelist who are are bona fide historians. i am practicing history without a license. but i came very enamored in working on the book. as the journalist, you go out and see things and you cover them as you cover the civil rights and you go back and you write about them. as a historian, i found these sort of remarkable change which is that you not seeing -- i did not cover this, i did not ever meet caes
miriam, you talk about chavez in almost saintlike terms. because at the time when he was farm workers union. i mean it didn't have to be just in california. i remember doing to meetings within the chicago. and all over the country. and he was liized all over the world in the great strike and so forth. tell us something about who caesar chavez and his friends. he was not alone in the campaign that he launched in favor of the farm workers. >> my book is untold story of different kind. it is...
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he knows more about the interactions between mahmoud ahmadinejad and chavez than any of our politician. so in terms of who or enemy is and where the war is being fought, he was at the first one to use the term islamo fascist. but he was told he can't use the term. in christianity we have people who handle snakes and speak in tongues and people who might show up on easter and christmas. that whole realm of christianity is the same in islam. the simon wiesenthal in l.a. -- received an award for holding a conference in indonesia that brought imams and survivors from the holocaust, and it was on the newspaper, if my friend ahmadinejad says the holocaust didn't exist, i call him a liar. so you can look at the friends of america who are muslims and you look at the enemy who are trying to take the united states and replace it with sharia law. a young medical lieutenant who went to a conference and the imam gets up there and says that we have to take the word of god, the koran, and replace the constitution with it. he -- like the 27-year-old said, that's sedition, and anybody in this audience
he knows more about the interactions between mahmoud ahmadinejad and chavez than any of our politician. so in terms of who or enemy is and where the war is being fought, he was at the first one to use the term islamo fascist. but he was told he can't use the term. in christianity we have people who handle snakes and speak in tongues and people who might show up on easter and christmas. that whole realm of christianity is the same in islam. the simon wiesenthal in l.a. -- received an award for...
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our guest is a a journalist ad author of a biography entitled the crusades of cesar chavez. watch the pans -- c-span's encore presentation tonight or view the entire series or see the future books online anytime at c-span.org/"books that shaped america." >> a healthy democracy doesn't just look like this. it looks like this, where americans can see democracy at work, where citizens truly unformed, a republic thrice. did inform the straight from the source on c-span. unfiltered, unbiased, word for word. from the nation's capital to wherever you are. because the opinion that matters the most is your own. this is what democracy looks like. c-span, powered by cable. >> there's a lot going on in the political world. today. speaker of the house was just voted out. on the other side of capitol hill california just got a new center. the supreme court term started yesterday. a former president was put under a gag order by a new york judge earlier today. the current president signed with you to court and pleaded not guilty to criminal charges. but we are notot good to talk of any of t
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it's a you know, one thing that's complicated about immigration cesar chavez. great latino. they've seizure chavez state, california mexican-american born in yuma, arizona deeply catholic did all of the united farm workers in the 60s and 70s and boycotts and of pesticides and when it sanitary conditions better education for people he was opposed to illegal immigration because he was building a union for mexican-american workers to get higher wages not cheap labor coming over the border. that's just even so it's it's complicated when you're getting into those issues because sometimes a lot of republicans in texas where i live they want people coming over from mexico to do landscape being in take these jobs and all that in many ways. trump was angry. lot of gop business leaders with his immigration policy. it wasn't just a right left game going on here many republicans count on the migration flow to take on jobs and at phoenix in houston and the like so trump was walking right into it with a big brag of building a wall with mexico paying for it in it in the end. i don't think
it's a you know, one thing that's complicated about immigration cesar chavez. great latino. they've seizure chavez state, california mexican-american born in yuma, arizona deeply catholic did all of the united farm workers in the 60s and 70s and boycotts and of pesticides and when it sanitary conditions better education for people he was opposed to illegal immigration because he was building a union for mexican-american workers to get higher wages not cheap labor coming over the border. that's...
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. >> two of the later books you have here, 1987, cesar chavez. >> and there was a huge influence that we talked about earlier on aids research and raising our consciousness about that terrible disease and cesar chavez is a leading voice of farmworkers and of america. >> roberta schaffer, these books in the exhibit with a best sellers in their time? >> many were bestsellers and many of them continue to be and have not gone out of print. wasn't specific criteria. sony have been translated and carried american ideals across the world. >> one
. >> two of the later books you have here, 1987, cesar chavez. >> and there was a huge influence that we talked about earlier on aids research and raising our consciousness about that terrible disease and cesar chavez is a leading voice of farmworkers and of america. >> roberta schaffer, these books in the exhibit with a best sellers in their time? >> many were bestsellers and many of them continue to be and have not gone out of print. wasn't specific criteria. sony have...
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her, and i will not say i don't always disgragree, but i remember having a discussion about justice chavez and i said that is progress and she said that is not enough. she is trying find a way to make the world a better place. i have had these discussions and they were never heated or turned nasty. she respected my opinion. so i hear these things and i know her and i am thinking to myself they don't know her. she is trying to find the truth. and maybe people can have these discussions respectfully it would be a better place for everybody. that is where i would start. >> guest: thanks, scott. scott makes a good point. i thought about this ever since i was in high school. thought about it and written about it because i had personal experiences. i grew up in a home where my parents grew up during segregation and had to sit on the back of the bus, go to separate beaches, couldn't go eat in the same places as white people and growing up in richmond, virginia my father was one of the first to be admitted to the university of virginia dental school i know what racism is and i don't like it likely
her, and i will not say i don't always disgragree, but i remember having a discussion about justice chavez and i said that is progress and she said that is not enough. she is trying find a way to make the world a better place. i have had these discussions and they were never heated or turned nasty. she respected my opinion. so i hear these things and i know her and i am thinking to myself they don't know her. she is trying to find the truth. and maybe people can have these discussions...
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ho chi minh, pol pot, chavez, all these sorts of characters? was it just bad luck that it ran into these authoritarian genocidal murders people or said something about the system itself that brings that out? i think it is probably the latter. north korea is an interesting example, because it is the most total socialist system left in the world. but there are a lot of aspects, the north korean socialist philosophy, that have parallels in western thought among liberals and conservatives and particularly the idea of oligarchy, being anti-trade, the country that produces the things you need. >> host: white you define that? >> guest: i will talk to you, the idea is radical economic independence, producing your own goods and not engaging in trade. that is big in north korea obviously but it is also big among people who say we are going to get america off of its addiction to foreign oil or that we are going to you now not have the trade a trade deficit with china anymore and that sort of thing and the thinking is almost always distractive because the
ho chi minh, pol pot, chavez, all these sorts of characters? was it just bad luck that it ran into these authoritarian genocidal murders people or said something about the system itself that brings that out? i think it is probably the latter. north korea is an interesting example, because it is the most total socialist system left in the world. but there are a lot of aspects, the north korean socialist philosophy, that have parallels in western thought among liberals and conservatives and...
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politics, barack obama opened up the national park service, he credited a national monument for cesar chavez's home in california. he created bears ear national monument in utah to be run by five native american tribes. a new paradigm for park. he saved harriet tubman home in auburn new york at the underground railroad, he created a buffalo soldier museum in oh ohio, opening the narrative affirmation, now boom, trump. you got a fight, if your conservationist or environmentalist, every day is a fight, two steps forward a big blowback. i worry now that we are losing, where we cannot control the hyper industrialization, money is king and all of those people that i love from henry david to rachel carson on down, we may be losing right now. in the rural is slow so you have to pick up the morale. civil rights movement martin luther king, what was it, i have a dream. he is being shot, we will get there someday. but the whole civil rights movement is we shall overcome. we are going to do it. believe, have hope and if you lose that, if we become nihilistic in despair you really are playing into the for
politics, barack obama opened up the national park service, he credited a national monument for cesar chavez's home in california. he created bears ear national monument in utah to be run by five native american tribes. a new paradigm for park. he saved harriet tubman home in auburn new york at the underground railroad, he created a buffalo soldier museum in oh ohio, opening the narrative affirmation, now boom, trump. you got a fight, if your conservationist or environmentalist, every day is a...
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although hugo chavez was demonized in the united states and latin america there is quite a different perspective on not only who -- hugo chavez but the reform process is spreading particularly in central america. they call it the pink revolution where socialist presidents and congressman have been voted in very participatory democratic election processes and its institutions changes redistributed wealth, reclaimed natural resources from transnational corporations, voted in progressive constitutions and it seems to be an enduring process. it started with chavez in venezuela and spread to brazil and argentina, uruguay peru and so on, bolivia, ecuador and they are in essence looking at the beginning of a european community type of situation in south america that still has -- with the united states but much of their trade is among themselves and to other developing countries, so will it continue? that's the question. will it continue? will it reversed the situation that many would consider u.s. domination of the region and i will give a report when i come back. .. in our relations with t
although hugo chavez was demonized in the united states and latin america there is quite a different perspective on not only who -- hugo chavez but the reform process is spreading particularly in central america. they call it the pink revolution where socialist presidents and congressman have been voted in very participatory democratic election processes and its institutions changes redistributed wealth, reclaimed natural resources from transnational corporations, voted in progressive...
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cesar chavez is in my district. so i thought the guest workers program from the agriculture where i come from. two families in my district grow to 80%. did you ever eat a baby carrier? you want a secret? there is no such thing. we don't charge you more, but that's what we do. we are sending people. we want an economy that grows and people that want to be part of america. >> there's some tension here in the republican party. jeff sessions wants to reduce illegal immigration. not just securing the border. there is some people who supported the current president a black who want to reduce legal immigration. he would have no appetite for that. there is a place for legal immigration. >> there's not one person in this room who can't trace their family back. we have the best rates in the neighborhood. guido palladino came from daily in 1921. it just so happens it's my grandfather. jeremiah mccarthy came in the 1860s from ireland. and they made a great contribution to this country. one of the grandchildren became a leader i
cesar chavez is in my district. so i thought the guest workers program from the agriculture where i come from. two families in my district grow to 80%. did you ever eat a baby carrier? you want a secret? there is no such thing. we don't charge you more, but that's what we do. we are sending people. we want an economy that grows and people that want to be part of america. >> there's some tension here in the republican party. jeff sessions wants to reduce illegal immigration. not just...
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the ceo of the girl scouts, annamarie chavez talks about the organization and the anniversary. on friday, also tomorrow, author douglas brinkley on walter cronkite, covering world war ii to anchoring the "cbs evening news". >> you're watching c-span2 at politics and public affairs weekdays featuring live coverage of the u.s. senate. on weeknights watch key public policy events and every weekend believes nonfiction authors and books on booktv. >> in a few moments, the issues affecting the latino community. in three hours, gop media strategist ted davis in 2008. after that we will re-air the discussion on how democratic candidates use new media in the last two presidential campaigns. >> tomorrow morning on "washington journal", stephen moore of "the wall street journal" on the pre-election election agenda and what they need to complete before november. and gerald connolly explains why he was one of 19 democrats went across the aisle and voted to extend the bush era tax cuts. plus your e-mails, phone calls and tweets. watch live on c-span. >> the center for american progress on la
the ceo of the girl scouts, annamarie chavez talks about the organization and the anniversary. on friday, also tomorrow, author douglas brinkley on walter cronkite, covering world war ii to anchoring the "cbs evening news". >> you're watching c-span2 at politics and public affairs weekdays featuring live coverage of the u.s. senate. on weeknights watch key public policy events and every weekend believes nonfiction authors and books on booktv. >> in a few moments, the...
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linda chavez thompson. [applause] >> linda has not only served as our vice chair for 16 years, but has been an unwavering advocate for the labor movement in this country for far longer. the first person of color to be elected to one of the afl-cio's highest officers, linda is a trail january blazer -- trailblazer who will continue to fight for the progressive values we all believe in. thank you so much for your service to the democratic party, to the brothers and sisters of the labor movement and to women all across this country who stand on your shoulders. thank you so much, linda. [applause] alex lamont has served three term as secretary of the democratic national committee. [cheers and applause] >> alice has been an unyielding advocate for democratic party values throughout her career. alice's distinguished leadership as secretary of our party has been unparalleled. she's transformed our party for generations. alice has been an incredible role model for women leading the historic effort to put geraldine
linda chavez thompson. [applause] >> linda has not only served as our vice chair for 16 years, but has been an unwavering advocate for the labor movement in this country for far longer. the first person of color to be elected to one of the afl-cio's highest officers, linda is a trail january blazer -- trailblazer who will continue to fight for the progressive values we all believe in. thank you so much for your service to the democratic party, to the brothers and sisters of the labor...
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it may be in the form of making a postage stamp out of malcolm x, or naming a street after sesser chavez, or including a book by noam chomsky in the reading list, usually optional, but the reading list. so i call them the manipulators of history, or the politicians of history who sort of take what they like and try to make it system, the greatest in the world, because we are so elastic and so able to achieve these reforms. right? that is something to there are get that they have it backwards. but it is true, i think, from my study and my experience, and maybe yours, that the greatest things that we enjoy aboutu our country were initiated by people who were considered radicals and french people at the beginning, whether it's in music, culture, art, politics. and i'm talking about things very simple like, what would be a good example? you know, the curb ramps that allow disabled people in wheelchairs to move around, well, that came from the americans with disabilities act, which had to be funded by the government. but it originated with people i knew from brooklyn who are antiwar activist
it may be in the form of making a postage stamp out of malcolm x, or naming a street after sesser chavez, or including a book by noam chomsky in the reading list, usually optional, but the reading list. so i call them the manipulators of history, or the politicians of history who sort of take what they like and try to make it system, the greatest in the world, because we are so elastic and so able to achieve these reforms. right? that is something to there are get that they have it backwards....
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so undoubtedly he would connect what happened to chavez to chi chi. absolutely -- to the cia. absolutely. >> host: do you support or agree with kwame, stokely carmichael's view 0 about the fbi following hem throughout his life and causing his cancer, as he told us during that interview? >> guest: i think in terms of following him and harassing him throughout his life, absolutely in terms of causing cancer, i haven't seen evidence that shows that. but in terms of following him, harassing him, really -- again, undercutting the way in which you enjoy your live, because you're looking over your shoulder. it's important for our viewers to understand that having people surveil you is hugely uncomfortable. it's hugely upsetting. it's hugely stressful. and to have people surveilling you from the time you're 25 years old, really until your death, transforms you, and really has a debilitating impact on you. i think he was very, very resilient in the face of that and was strong and not defeated or broken by that, but certainly it's not something any of us would want for our lives. right?
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>> our final offering tonight comes from hugo chavez i like to come hugo chavez's favorite is would. if your sean penn, you have something really, really asinine you want to get out there, where do you go? that's right, piers morgan. >> on october 14, mr. candon of one of the most asinine comments ever on national television. can we call cnn national television anymore? and even worse, he insisted that we know that this was coming assisted we note this is an original thought. he came up with it. >> we have what i can't get the in word out of the white house party, the tea party. at the end of the day there's a big bubble coming out of their heads saying can we just lynch him? >> he is so charming. how do you decide a winner here? the winner of the 2012 barbra streisand political iq award for celebrity vapidity goes to baby hugo, sean penn ♪ ♪ >> we have what i call the get the n-word out of the white house party, the tea party but at the end of the day there's a big bubble coming out of their heads saying, you know, can we just lynch him? ♪ >> i'm sorry, i'm drink so much water
>> our final offering tonight comes from hugo chavez i like to come hugo chavez's favorite is would. if your sean penn, you have something really, really asinine you want to get out there, where do you go? that's right, piers morgan. >> on october 14, mr. candon of one of the most asinine comments ever on national television. can we call cnn national television anymore? and even worse, he insisted that we know that this was coming assisted we note this is an original thought. he...
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linda chavez wouldn't have turned things back on the latino community. i don't know what she means by that. she went on to say -- quote -- "a spanish-sounding surname does not make a person sympathetic to the concerns and needs of the majority of the latino population." close quote. and she, therefore, would appear to only embrace the kind of latino nominee that agrees with her politically. not really a question of ethnicity, is it? it's a question of something more, something different; really political approach to government and law. on may 13 of 2004, she participated in a press conference with the coalition against discrimination in the constitution to -- quote -- "challenge extremism of the federal marriage amendment backers." close quote. well, i guess that means i'm an extremist. quite a number of senators, a majority, as i recall, voted to say that a marriage should remain as it had always previously been interpreted, to be a union between a man and a woman. but she says this is an extremism amendment. i don't think so. i know there's a legal dis
linda chavez wouldn't have turned things back on the latino community. i don't know what she means by that. she went on to say -- quote -- "a spanish-sounding surname does not make a person sympathetic to the concerns and needs of the majority of the latino population." close quote. and she, therefore, would appear to only embrace the kind of latino nominee that agrees with her politically. not really a question of ethnicity, is it? it's a question of something more, something...
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think that the democrats are the party who cast their lot with, you know, martin luther king and cesar chavez, doesn't that count for something? i'm talking about ancient history. when's the last time you can point to a democrat doing that? >> okay. we've got about 15 minutes left, so i thought we might open it up for questions. so i guess we can line up at these microphones if we have questions from the audience. do we have questions from the audience? because we can keep going here if -- >> i bet there'll be finish. >> okay. >> you guys do the microphones so you can be recorded by the tv. >> yes. you're going to be famous here. [inaudible conversations] wait until you're up by the mic here. >> yeah, and i noticed the common political character of the tea party attitude and an occupy attitude is a distrust of leadership and how in a two-party political culture can those dissatisfactions with the system ever be fully manifest. >> yeah. i mean, one problem with, um, the way occupy has taken shape is they're very wedded to this idea of not being attached to any institutions. and those instituti
think that the democrats are the party who cast their lot with, you know, martin luther king and cesar chavez, doesn't that count for something? i'm talking about ancient history. when's the last time you can point to a democrat doing that? >> okay. we've got about 15 minutes left, so i thought we might open it up for questions. so i guess we can line up at these microphones if we have questions from the audience. do we have questions from the audience? because we can keep going here if...
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. >> well, two of the later books that you have in here, "the band played on," 1987, and "cesar chavez," 2002. >> and, of course, randy had a huge influence on aids research and really sort of raising our consciousness about that terrible decide. and caesar cha veses, of course, a leading voice of farm workers, but really a leading voice of america. >> so were these books bestsellers in their time? >> many of them were, and actually many of them continue to be and have not gone out of print. so even though that wasn't a specific criteria, so many of them have been translated and carried american ideals across the world. >> now, i want to ask you about one other specific book, and that was emily dickenson's book of poetry. >> oh. well, of course, emily dickenson is a must-have american poet. but the particular book that we have here in the show is an -- [inaudible] book. it's done by a cooperative in cuba, and they have reproduced the book of poetry, and they have also made a facsimile of her house and a little tree. and it is made out of recycled material. emily dickenson, of course, i
. >> well, two of the later books that you have in here, "the band played on," 1987, and "cesar chavez," 2002. >> and, of course, randy had a huge influence on aids research and really sort of raising our consciousness about that terrible decide. and caesar cha veses, of course, a leading voice of farm workers, but really a leading voice of america. >> so were these books bestsellers in their time? >> many of them were, and actually many of them...
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his campaign said he'd meet with all the world's worst actors in his first year, he'd sit down with chavez and kim jung-il, with castro and with president ahmadinejad of iran. and i think they looked and thought, well, that's an unusual honor to receive from the president of the united states. and then the president began what i've called an apology tour of going to various nations in the middle east and criticizing america. i think they looked at that and saw weakness. then when there were disdents in the streets of day ran, a green -- tehran, a green revolution holding signs saying, is america with us, the president was silent. i think they noticed that as well. and i think when the president said he was going to create daylight between ourselves and israel, that they noted that as well. all of these things suggested, i think, to the iranian mullahs that, hey, we can keep on pushing along here. we can keep talks going on, but we're just going to keep on spinning centrifuges. now there's some 10,000 centrifuges spinning uranium, preparing a nuclear threat to the united states and to the w
his campaign said he'd meet with all the world's worst actors in his first year, he'd sit down with chavez and kim jung-il, with castro and with president ahmadinejad of iran. and i think they looked and thought, well, that's an unusual honor to receive from the president of the united states. and then the president began what i've called an apology tour of going to various nations in the middle east and criticizing america. i think they looked at that and saw weakness. then when there were...
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cesar chavez, of course, a leading voice of farmworkers, but really a leading voice of america. >> roberta shaffer, these books in the exhibit. where did best sellers? >> many were best sellers and actually, many of them continue to be. many of them have been translated and carried american ideals across the world. >> a lot to ask you about one other specific book. >> of course emily dickinson is a must have an american poet. the particular book that we have here in the show is an art book. it's done by a cooperative in cuba. they reproduced a book of poetry and made a facsimile of her house and of little tree. it is made of recycled materials . emily dickinson, of course, is a phenomenal public, but we really didn't know about her or discover her until the mid-1950s when we finally were in will to the reader palms and love her palms unedited and in the way she had meant. >> it was doing the editing. >> as professional editors like to take their pen and make you could for. for amelie of all people that was an awful construction >> roberta shaffer, associate librarian of the library of cong
cesar chavez, of course, a leading voice of farmworkers, but really a leading voice of america. >> roberta shaffer, these books in the exhibit. where did best sellers? >> many were best sellers and actually, many of them continue to be. many of them have been translated and carried american ideals across the world. >> a lot to ask you about one other specific book. >> of course emily dickinson is a must have an american poet. the particular book that we have here in the...
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for decades he provided support to cesar chavez and others. no one has consistently championed immigration reform. when congress wanted to pass sensenbrenner, he promised civil disobedience if the church turned over immigrants. with five million catholics, an warm solidarity welcome to his eminence cardinal roger mahoney. [applause] >> good afternoon, everyone. as we look around, this is the face of the immigration reform. this is the face of america. citizens, residents, immigrants, we are here today to call upon our lawmakers to fix a broken and immoral immigration system. one which preys upon the vulnerability of immigrants and their families. one which benefits from their labor without offering their protection of our laws and one which drives human beings into the hands of smugglers and to their deaths in the desert. [speaking spanish] [speaking spanish] [speaking spanish] [speaking spanish] >> today we want all our leaders in washington to hear these immigrant stories we experience every day. stories like that of maria and juan who were
for decades he provided support to cesar chavez and others. no one has consistently championed immigration reform. when congress wanted to pass sensenbrenner, he promised civil disobedience if the church turned over immigrants. with five million catholics, an warm solidarity welcome to his eminence cardinal roger mahoney. [applause] >> good afternoon, everyone. as we look around, this is the face of the immigration reform. this is the face of america. citizens, residents, immigrants, we...
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will he be able to continue chavez's economic policies. maduro or whoever wins the elections inhertz a much more difficult economic scenario. venezuela's gdp is lagging after growing an average 10% per year in 2004 to 2008. venezuela has grown just under 2% in 2009 to 2012. this is despite oil prices being high. venezuela's oil prices are over $100 per barrel yet venezuela hasn't been able to continue to grow. so venezuela continues to be dependent on oil but oil production in venezuela has diminished, fallen by about 25% since 2001. at the same time, venezuela has not been a paragone of fiscal virtues saving while times are good and commodity prices are high. in fact budget deficits have continued to increase and one can expect more spending ahead of the upcoming elections, potentially after that. venezuela also currently has the 52-week highest inflation rate in the world. in february the administration devalued the bolivar from 4.3 to the dollar to 6.3. this was in the, it was politically unexpected but if the black market rate, however
will he be able to continue chavez's economic policies. maduro or whoever wins the elections inhertz a much more difficult economic scenario. venezuela's gdp is lagging after growing an average 10% per year in 2004 to 2008. venezuela has grown just under 2% in 2009 to 2012. this is despite oil prices being high. venezuela's oil prices are over $100 per barrel yet venezuela hasn't been able to continue to grow. so venezuela continues to be dependent on oil but oil production in venezuela has...
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government has used ever since c chavez. >> i heard some pushback on that. i am relying on people who write to me from south america. my understanding of the situation is he essentially canceled elections and has, you know, has been acting in an undemocratic way. but, you know, i admit there is room for me to learn on that issue. so, i will have to go back and look. >> host: berry is calling from scottsdale, arizona. berry, you are on booktv with matt taibbi. >> caller: hi, matt. how are you doing? >> guest: good. how are you doing? >> caller: good. thanks for being on the show. two questions. how did we get from a presidential candidate like gary hart to donald trump? seems like a huge leap. second question is what is your take on president obama? i heard you say you voted for him. i voted for him too but a number of problems we are facing now were allowed to fester under his administration for eight years. he really didn't deal with them. there is syria, the racial divide in the country that is as bad as it has ever been, isis. i liked him as a human being
government has used ever since c chavez. >> i heard some pushback on that. i am relying on people who write to me from south america. my understanding of the situation is he essentially canceled elections and has, you know, has been acting in an undemocratic way. but, you know, i admit there is room for me to learn on that issue. so, i will have to go back and look. >> host: berry is calling from scottsdale, arizona. berry, you are on booktv with matt taibbi. >> caller: hi,...
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they try to use their current job whatever the chavez and reminds me when abe lincoln got to washington. so it takes a train against the washington. this guy was a one-term congressman. is only extremes was in the black hawk war. he said he had injuries from mosquitoes. he actually, this is true company goes to the library of congress. he knows the war is coming. he checks out a book on like a basic entry level book on tactics, a military tactics. think of it, this is abraham lincoln. everybody's got to do their homework and that's one of the things we look for is how much they've actually prepared. >> stephen, let's talk about experience. it's critical. let's look specifically to three senators. first term senator's. i've said this on the air so it's not like i'm sitting in front of you at i haven't set it on the air every day. i personally believe, and i'm sure you do and i see fred barnes in the crowd or at least i did enjoy started talking. so anyway, thank you, fred. but anyway i said from the very beginning that it was disastrous that we were electing a president that had just got
they try to use their current job whatever the chavez and reminds me when abe lincoln got to washington. so it takes a train against the washington. this guy was a one-term congressman. is only extremes was in the black hawk war. he said he had injuries from mosquitoes. he actually, this is true company goes to the library of congress. he knows the war is coming. he checks out a book on like a basic entry level book on tactics, a military tactics. think of it, this is abraham lincoln....
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government have used ever since chavez. >> guest: i heard some pushback on that from some people. i haven't lived in south america. i'm relying on people i know who cover south american politics and many of who write to me from south america. my understanding of that situation is that he essentially cancelled elections and has been acting in an undemocratic way, but i admit there's room for me to learn on that issue. i'll have to go back and look. >> host: barry from scottsdale, arizona. you're on booktv with matt taibbi. >> caller: hi, matt. how are you doing? >> guest: how are you doing. >> caller: i'm doing great. thank you for being on the show. two questions. a little bit off the beaten path. not really. one is, how did -- how did we get from a presidential candidate like gary hart, thoughtful, reflective, to donald trump? seems like a huge leap to me. secondly, second question is, what is your take on president obama? i heard you say you voted for him. voted for him, too, but a number of problems we're facing now were allowed to fester under his administration for eight year
government have used ever since chavez. >> guest: i heard some pushback on that from some people. i haven't lived in south america. i'm relying on people i know who cover south american politics and many of who write to me from south america. my understanding of that situation is that he essentially cancelled elections and has been acting in an undemocratic way, but i admit there's room for me to learn on that issue. i'll have to go back and look. >> host: barry from scottsdale,...